Many of My Images From North Korea Were Confiscated by Soldiers. Here Are My Backups

North Korean state worker stares out of train window.

Morning commute through the Pyongyang Docklands.

Soldiers walks through Kim Il-Sung Square. The square where the regime parades its military prowess. Propaganda is blasted from speakers continuously.

Propaganda billboards

Dilapidated apartments blocks without electricity or adequate heating.

Communist statue on the banks of the Taedong River

Monument to the ‘supreme leaders’ or North Korea. We were encouraged to buy flowers and present them at the foot of the statue.

Ghost town

Two dictators

Pedestrians pass by the Ryungyong Hotel. Construction halted in 1992 due to economic difficulties. It remains unopened to this day

A genuine smile is hard to find in North Korea, but not impossible!

Monument to the Korean Workers Party

It depicts a hammer, sickle and brush held by a worker, farmer and an intellectual

Monument to the Korean Workers Party

State library with plenty of bias literature towards the regime.

Commuting to work by bicycle.

The average wage in North Korea is $20-25 per month.

Tower of the Juche Idea

Cycling along the Taedong River

State Office blocks

Anti-tank defences at DMZ border dividing North and South Korea

Passing through the poverty stricken rural areas on the way to the DMZ. Photo taken from bus

State Industrial Zone at the end of the working day.

Military officer standing guard at the DMZ South/North Korean border

Sunset over the capital city, Pyongyang.

There is no escaping the propaganda

The largest Victory arch in the world for a war that was never won. It is 10 meters taller than France’s Arc de Triomphe complete with a lobby, elevators, movie rooms and secret passages

Dockland workers camp

Aerial view of the North Korean state library

Aerial view of Taedong River bank

Aerial view of the hermit Kingdom

Propaganda poster in the city of Kaesong